RuPauls Drag Race or RuPauls Drag HATE!

SO I have pretty much caught up on the seasons to Drag race and I feel that that show does have an inspirational, encouraging fell to it, However, the show does have the occasional judgmental, and dare i say it, FAVORITISM in its politics.

For Example, RAJA WAS NOT ALL THAT TO WIN SEASON 3 AND NEITHER WAS TYRA FROM 2! -had to get that out of my system

Now I understand there is a pivotal point in a reality show when the dynamics change and the show pretty much becomes fake, but this is one that really could be a landmark series if it just waters down the politics of it all!

Do you guys think the show promotes empowerment, or is it just another reality train wreck that does not accurately show its subject, or topic, which in this case is drag

I love it. When I first came out as a simple farm boy moving to the big city, I was adopted by a pack of drag queens that lived in my building. They were some of my first exposures to gay people. I found them to be quirky, dramatic and a hell of a lot of fun.

I find it to be a nostalgic good time. Oh, and I looooooooooove Pandora, Jujubee and Raja!

These girls are even doing better than ANTM winners. The thing is that while the winners have to use their prize to make it for themselves, the runners up get to be on RuPaul's Drag U and still get tons of promotion from involvement in the show. In a way it does make for maximum exposure for the top queens. Tyra didn't make it too big, but Raja will. Jujubee and Raven are all that and a pair of Choo's, and others at least have furthered their careers because of being on Drag Race. I don't think any of them can be counted as losers.

Kidmc21 saidI cry every time I hear ONGINA's hiv story! I loved RAVEN!

YES! Still my favorite moment from the show. Looking at it rationally, yes; I think there has to be some amount of politics going on. But for Drag Race, I really like to let myself believe it's really happening. I can get into the "story" of the competition a lot more that way.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Ru is racist. Season 1 clearly should have been Anjina, but Bebe won it. Season 2 should have been Raven, but Tyra won it. In Season 3, Shangela stayed in waaaay too long, but wasn't good enough to be considered for winning. Since all of the finalists were pretty close, she picked the closest to black she could get! (Though don't get me wrong, I looooove Raja!)

Yeah, Bebe and Tyra both looked fantastic and Tyra was a great performer, but they both have ZERO personality and charisma compared to many of the other girls.

In season one, Nina was a million times as fierce and a better performer by a whole level of magnitude than Bebe.

In season two, both Raven and Jujubee brought far more personality and charisma to the table that Tyra was capable of on her very best day.

In my opinion, she got it right with Raja in season three. She represented a whole different type of illusion. More ultra androgenous club kid than glamazon. I will say it looked like Ru did depart from her habit of picking people that reminded her of herself in this instance.

Of course it didn't hurt that Raja couldn't stand Shangela.

-insert horrible comment about another girl by Shangela- "What, I'm just being real!! You can't handle how real I am!"

Karnage saidYeah, I'm pretty sure that Ru is racist. Season 1 clearly should have been Anjina, but Bebe won it. Season 2 should have been Raven, but Tyra won it. In Season 3, Shangela stayed in waaaay too long, but wasn't good enough to be considered for winning. Since all of the finalists were pretty close, she picked the closest to black she could get! (Though don't get me wrong, I looooove Raja!)

I wouldn't say Ru was racist, but was like Guerrilla said: she was picking people that looked like her. Even one of the contestants said that when Tyra won.

But the thing is: by not winning, Raven and Jujubee were able to do all sorts of options. And they still were on RuPaul's Drag U.